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HOWTO: Check if you can use the mS-DS-ConsistencyGUID attribute as source anchor for Azure AD Connect

In recent versions of Azure AD Connect, you can use the mS-DS-ConsistencyGUID attribute as the source anchor attribute. This provides flexibility in cross-forest migration scenarios. However, if another solution in the networking environment has already claimed the mS-DS-ConsistencyGUID attribute for its purposes, Azure AD Connect won’t allow you to use this attribute and instead default … Continue reading "HOWTO: Check if you can use the mS-DS-ConsistencyGUID attribute as source anchor for Azure AD Connect"

KnowledgeBase: You receive “the mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid attribute is already in use” when you change the source anchor on a Staging Mode Azure AD Connect installation

In environments with multiple Azure AD Connect installations, sometimes, you experience unexpected behavior. For instance, when you want to change the source anchor from objectGUID to mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid for your Hybrid Identity implementation. The situation An organization leverages multiple Azure AD Connect installations. One installation is the actively synchronizing Azure AD Connect installation, the other installations … Continue reading "KnowledgeBase: You receive “the mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid attribute is already in use” when you change the source anchor on a Staging Mode Azure AD Connect installation"

Azure AD Connect v1.5.18.0 brings mS-DS-ConsistencyGUID as source anchor for Groups

Yesterday, a new version of Azure AD Connect was released: version 1.5.18.0. This is the first release in the 1.5.x branch of Azure AD Connect. Azure AD Connect is Microsoft’s free Hybrid Identity bridge product to synchronize objects and their attributes from on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environments and LDAP v3-compatible directories to … Continue reading "Azure AD Connect v1.5.18.0 brings mS-DS-ConsistencyGUID as source anchor for Groups"

Azure AD Connect: objectGUID vs. mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid, Part 3

In the first part of this series, I’ve explained how Azure AD Connect version 1.1.553.0 and beyond allows you to switch from objectGUID to mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid as the source anchor attribute , the benefits of doing so and what you may and may not expect when you make the switch. Now that I’ve shown you the … Continue reading "Azure AD Connect: objectGUID vs. mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid, Part 3"

Azure AD Connect: objectGUID vs. mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid, Part 2

In the first part of this series, I’ve explained how Azure AD Connect version 1.1.553.0 and beyond allows you to switch from objectGUID to mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid as the source anchor attribute, the benefits of doing so and what you may and may not expect when you make the switch. In this second part, I’ll share the … Continue reading "Azure AD Connect: objectGUID vs. mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid, Part 2"

Azure AD Connect 1.1.561.0 finalizes Automatic Upgrade scenario changes and the move to mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid

Yesterday, Microsoft released version 1,1.561.0 of Azure AD Connect, its free Hybrid Identity bridge product to synchronize objects and their attributes from on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environments to Azure Active Directory. This version is hot on the heels of version 1.1.557.0, because it features some fixes for organization who recently made the … Continue reading "Azure AD Connect 1.1.561.0 finalizes Automatic Upgrade scenario changes and the move to mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid"

Azure AD Connect: objectGUID vs. mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid, Part 1

The Azure AD Connect Team has decided to move Azure AD Connect’s default source anchor attribute in on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environments from objectGUID to mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid for user objects in Azure AD Connect version 1.1.553.0, and up. When you’ve been using Azure AD Connect to synchronize objects between your on-premises Active Directory … Continue reading "Azure AD Connect: objectGUID vs. mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid, Part 1"

The DirTeam.com/ActiveDir.org Weblogs in 2021

Goodbye 2021! As we say goodbye to yet another calendar year, we’re sharing our achievements for the past year. Pageviews and visits Throughout 2021, the DirTeam.com / ActiveDir.org Weblogs sustained a million page views per month. To be exact, we saw 12,586,568 pageviews this calendar year. Top blogs In the tradition blogpost at the end of previous … Continue reading "The DirTeam.com/ActiveDir.org Weblogs in 2021"

Azure AD Connect version 1.6.2.4 defaults to the v2 endpoint and adds support for Selective Password Hash Synchronization

It’s time for a new version of Azure AD Connect to incorporate Microsoft’s lessons learned and distribute the fixes Microsoft made to the larger public. Last Friday, Microsoft released the first version in the 1.6 branch of Azure AD Connect: v1.6.2.4 Azure AD Connect is Microsoft’s free Hybrid Identity bridge product to synchronize objects and … Continue reading "Azure AD Connect version 1.6.2.4 defaults to the v2 endpoint and adds support for Selective Password Hash Synchronization"

Ten things you should know about Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync

Roughly a year ago, I wrote a blogpost on the ten things you need to know about Azure AD Connect Cloud Provisioning. At that time, the agent was in public preview. Today, I want to talk about the renamed product: Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync, because I feel there’s a couple of things you should … Continue reading "Ten things you should know about Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync"